i know nothing of silvana franco's life outside of cooking, and own only two of her books, so for a better introduction of her background and what's she's done look here. But essentially she's from an italian background, raised in derby (england) and is fantastic at cooking 'real' good food.
i was first introduced to Silvana Franco's recipes four years ago when my friend bought me her cookbook "Family Food", she hadn't had time to shop for the 'perfect present' and had bought it quickly, it was a total surprise to her how much i loved the book and have continued to love it, it was a perfect present!why i love this book;
- there are loads of photos in this book and pictures make me want to cook, everything looks so delicious!
- she compiles recipes in such a way that it makes it easy to buy one or two new things you haven't tried before to add to a bunch of everyday ingredients to get something special!
- i've used it loads and been really messy with it and it's still very much in one piece!
- this book was originally written for sainsbury's, i love shopping in sainsbury's, and you can find all of the ingredients there
- Silvana loves aubergines, i don't, really don't, they are rank.
- While i love her recipes and her amazing skill with flavours through the ingredients she uses, the ingredients don't make it a cheap everyday book for me.
- She may have started me off, but there are loads of books out there full of fabulous recipes.
- butternut chowder with cheese toasties
- grilled mackerel with lemon mint drizzle
- chorizo and cannellini bean soup
- cheese and tomato macaroni
- chicken palm pies
- spicy omlette chapatti
- moroccan chicken pastina bake
- soggy belly chocolate fudge cake
- oaty ginger pear crumble
- lemon custard tarts
- blueberry pancakes
i learnt the basics of making soup, pancakes, crumble, and using meat from reading and using this book. it was the start of my love of cooking and i thank silvana for that. mwah.
